Women's Track & Field

JANIC QUALIFIES FOR NATIONALS IN HURDLES

Sophomore Maggie Lambert posted the seventh-fastest 1-mile run time in Blue Dragon women's indoor history on Saturday at the Red Beile Classic in Crete, Neb. (Joel Powers/Blue Dragon Sports Information)

Feb 03, 2018

Hutchinson CC Sports Information

CRETE, Neb. – Defending NJCAA Indoor 60-meter hurdles national champion Adriana Janic will get a chance to defend her title in March after she punched her ticket to the 2018 indoor championships on Saturday at the Fred Beile Classic at Doane University.

Now a double NJCAA qualifier, Janic led a good day for the Blue Dragons, who had 26 PRs on Saturday.

On Saturday, Janic posted the top 60-meter hurdle preliminary time of 9.06 seconds, which surpassed the NJCAA qualifying standard of 9.32 seconds. Janic did not run in the finals. Janic's time was the eighth fastest in the NJCAA this season.

Janic gives Hutchinson four national qualifiers through four indoor meets this season.

Sophomore Maggie Lambert finished third on Saturday in the 1-mile run with a time of 5:41.6. That third-place time was the seventh fastest in Blue Dragon history. Right behind Lambert was freshman Aileen Gomez, who finished fifth in 5:45.09.

Lambert, Gomez and freshman Macy Linnenberger all ran the 3,000 meters and placed in the Top 8. Gomez was third in 11:39.05, Lambert was fourth in 11:56.75 and Linnenberger was sixth in 12:22.85.

Freshman Sarah Patteson had a PR in the 1,000 meters, improving her season's best time of 3:15.34, which ranks sixth in Blue Dragon history. Just three places back was freshman Saw Ahmara, whose ninth-place time of 3:19.44 was the seventh-fastest in Blue Dragon history.

Freshman sprinter Tatyana Hopkins placed third in the 60 meters with a time of 7.96 seconds. She had the second-fastest preliminary time of 7.93 seconds.